Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-14
LOCAL NEWS.

A new hardwood floor has been laid in
Mr.. Hanaford's store the past week.
The Foster Theatre Co., which was adj
vertised to be at the town hall this week,
went to pieces in Bristol.
Wilson's Ministries and dog circus gave
an excellent entertainment at the town
hall last Saturday evening. They had a
fair-sized house.
The auction sale of the marble and ma
chnery at the cotton mill has been post
poned several times and is now set down
for Saturday, the 22d.
A sudden fall in temperature came
Wednesday morning. Those who were
up early enough saw few flakes of
snow fall. The tops of the Adrondacks
are white.
Mr.. j. B. Cherbino, who went to Texas
with sheep few weeks since, is now in
Montana. He sold out his Texas ship
ment at once and is disposing of those
he took to Montana last spring and left
there unsold.
The college baseball team goes to Rut-
land tomorrow to play the Unions of
Poultney. The latter club considers it's
self the an eur champion of the State,
but our CT can probably keep them
busy during the game.
Mr.. p. j. Daily has come here from
Burlington and opened brokers' office
in the rooms over the Rider drug store.
He has a private wire to New York and
receives the figures on every sale in the
stock exchange as soon as it is made.
Messrs. Smith & Allen have still anoth-
er large job on their hands. This is to
rebuild the Black River academy at Lud-
low, for which a large sum has been
raised in that village and among the
alumni of the institution. They have
already begun work upon it,
An autumnal service will be held at
the Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing. The sermon will be directed to the
aged of the church and cong 5ttion.
All aged persons are especial invited
to be present. The church will be ap-
propriately decorated with autumn fruits
and grains.
There is no change to note in the price
of butter, which is 20 and u cents for
fine article and % cents for selections.
A year ago Monday the figures were %
and "a cents, and % for selections. A
IL, 10
day, many who have held it thinking
that "A further advance is not probable.
The Star skating rink, which was
opened agreeably to notice, has had two
successful and pleasant meetings. While
all who participated in skating were
merry and joyful, the utmost good order
prevailed throughout the evenings The
rink will be opened on Saturday after
noon, for ladies and children only. y
| 4 telegram was received here Tuesday
morning announcing the death of Mr.
fJohn jackson. lie left home on the eX-
cursion of Sept. 2G to visit his son al
Jersey City. There he was taken sick
, and his daughter, Mrs. Whitney, had
planned to leave on the mail train Tues
day to go and assist in caring for him
He was over sc years of age, and one OF
the oldest residents of the village. Ii
, early life he followed the calling of &
halter, but had been in poor health fol
, several years. 1t is expected the remains
Twill be brought here for interment.
sThe Signal" is the name of new
!. monthly, the first number of which hal
just been issued by the Y. NJ. C. A. L
+ is edited by Secretary Stratton; its bust
ness management is in the hands of 8
q committee consisting of Messrs. V. NJ
Benedict and A. ii. Sperry, and tn,
, object of it is to acquaint the people o
< this place with the work of the associa
ton and to interest them in it, 1t is wei
worth the subscription price, % cents
!, year, and ought to receive the cordia
d support Of the community, as we have
no doubt it will.
I The new bell lately purchased by tin
village and town jointly, for general ant
fire-alarm purposes, was placed in posi-
t ton in the tower of the town hall OF
> Monday. Mr.. VIM. Latimer superintende,
the work of raising it. 1t has fine ton
n and is first-class thing in every way
}. being fitted with the latest style franz
and hangers and having fire-alarm ham
d mer in addition to the ordinary tongue
Its cost, one-half of which is paid by tn
u village and the rest by the town, wa
r $409.S7. The bell itself weighs 1869 lbs.
g and is the heaviest in town, with the pos
g sible exception of that on the Catholi
;. church.